Citing technical reason, Bank of Baroda withdrew auction notice for actor and BJP MP Sunny Deol's bungalow located in Juhu, Mumbai. The announcement came on Sunday and the state-owned bank cited technical reason for the withdrawal.
"Corrigendum to e-auction notice with regards to sale auction notice in respect of Mr Ajay Singh Deol alias Mr Sunny Deol stands withdrawn due to technical reasons," the Bank of Baroda.
On Sunday, the bank had said that the auction of the Gadar 2 actor would commence at ₹51.43 crore. The minimum bid for the amount was fixed at ₹5.14 crore. The Juhu property known as Sunny Villa and Sunny Sounds was also set to be auctioned off. Sunny Sounds is a company run by the Deols. The firm is a corporate guarantor for the loan. Bollywood superstar Dharmendra, Sunny Deol's father, is the personal guarantor of the loan.
The notice released on Sunday says that the actor siblings can still settle their outstanding debt with the bank to prevent the auction from being held. The auction will take place under the provision of the SARFAESI Act of 2002.
Soon after the withdrawal of the notice, Congress leader questioned the immediate repeal of the notice by Bank of Baroda.
“Yesterday afternoon the nation got to know that Bank of Baroda had put up the Juhu residence of BJP MP Sunny Deol for e-auction since he has not paid up ₹56 crore owed to the Bank. This morning, in less than 24 hours, the nation has got to know that the Bank of Baroda has withdrawn the auction notice due to ‘technical reasons’ Wonder who triggered these 'technical reasons'?," he tweeted.
Sunny Deol's acting career received a huge boost after his latest release Gadar 2 ended up being a mega block buster. Even after a week of its release, the movie continues to mint money and break all records of big budget movies like Pathaan, War, Bajrangi Bhaijan, etc. On Sunday, the movie, which is a sequel of Gadar, earned ₹41 crore in India.
The first week collection of the movie remained to be ₹284.63 crore. On its second Friday, the film earned ₹20.5 crore and on second Saturday, it earned around ₹31.07 crore. Till now, the movie has earned ₹377.20 crore. Other than making huge money, the movie is also receiving applaud from film stars like Rajkumr Rao, Hema Malini, etc. Recently, Rajkumar Rao recently posted his photo with Sunny Deol on instagram.
He captioned the post, “With the man of the hour himself @iamsunnydeol sir. So proud of you and your achievements sir. You deserve this and much more. Aap aag nahi kehar ho (You aren't fire, you are havoc) #Gadar2 Tara Singh and Tipu Tiger.”